There has been much effort to provide eco-friendly and biodegradable materials for the next
generation of composite products owing to global environmental concerns and increased …

Adsorption of heavy metal ions on chitosan-based adsorbents has been extensively
investigated. However, few studies explored the feasibility of desorbing and regenerating …

Chitosan—one of the natural multifunctional polymers—due to its unique and versatile
biological properties is regarded as a useful compound in medical and pharmaceutical …

The food packaging industry is a major contributor to plastic waste. The end-of-life scenario
of fossil-fuel derived plastics often has a detrimental effect on the natural environment …

Magnetic polysaccharide-based adsorbents have attracted more and more attention as
novel adsorbents for remediating polluted water due to their biocompatibility, high …

Energetic metal and metalloid nano-powders are highly promising as high-energy fuel or
energetic additive of propellants. Specifically, boron has extremely high gravimetric and …

In this paper, ionic liquid treatment was applied to produce nanometric cellulose particles of
two polymorphic forms. A complex characterization of nanofillers including wide-angle X-ray …

Abstract Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe 3 O 4 NPs) coated by modified chitosan (m-CS) rich of
amino groups and its mixture with poly [N-benzyl-2-(methacryloxy)-N, N …

The control of mineral precipitation is a major challenge in several industry segments such
as geothermal energy. In this study, the focus was on the prevention of lead and copper …

Being the most versatile biopolymer, chitooligosaccharide/chitosan oligosaccharide (COS)
has been extensively studied for a range of exceptional biological activities and potential …